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Why Your Accounting/ERP System Is the Key To Successful Business Tax Preparation 

Withum

USA and Statutory) work as audit trails were accessible and reliable along with improved financial internal controls through access/permissions and system inherent controls such as auto-generated invoice numbers with audit trail down to the record level. Lessen the external auditor’s (e.g., Contact Us Good News!

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How a Point-of-Sale System Can Help on Small Business Taxes

CPA Practice

However, it provides an opportunity for business owners – and their accountants – to leverage new solutions that are both business and accounting-friendly. How can accountants help their clients get ahead of messy data collection and unruly tax preparation? Let’s dig in.

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Best Tax Preparation Software for Small Business: What Tax Software to Choose?

Snyder

The biggest tax season challenge for a small business is tax preparation and filing. Most SMB owners fall into the trap of putting off taxes until the last minute because they don’t have professional tax accounting software backing them up. First, try to make the most out of your accounting software.

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Avoid burnout before you’re already burned out

ThomsonReuters

Reflect on this year’s busy tax season to avoid burnout next season. What have you learned this tax season that you can apply to next year? This will help you build a plan of action to make next year’s tax season a little more manageable. Keep an open dialogue to support tax preparers and the rest of the team.

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20 Essential Tax Facts for Small Business Owners

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

Probably the most popular question posed to accountants and tax preparers (especially around this time of year) is “what types of expenses are deductible?”. The short answer is that a business expense is considered to be deductible if it has been incurred with the ultimate purpose of earning income.

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How to Prepare the T2125 if you are a Small or Self Employed Business Owner

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

What type of accounting system should you use? When you start your business or income earning activity, it is important know how you are going to document your income and expenses. If you plan to do this yourself you usually have two choices – 1) you can either go the spreadsheet route or 2) you can use accounting software.

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Accountant Busy Season: 5 Survival Tips for Accounting Busy Season

Snyder

When a CPA is in the zombie zone, you can’t perform well during the tax filing season. Will your clients be satisfied with loosely done books auditing and tax preparation in the end? That’s why the busy season is all about setting boundaries. For the upcoming tax season, do your planning and stick to it.

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